Damn good rad, the RX480. What rad stand is that? It looks very well-made, and will help to keep the bling going with those red led fans!

Yeah a lot of people had recommended it, but I did briefly consider the UT60 as well, in the end the RX480 was available first so went with it.

The stand is from Pulse Modding, I sourced it from Chilled PC which is linked on the first post, you'll find it under rad accessories from memory.

Yeah I like the fans, I forced them to run @ 1550 RPM and while they were audible it was tolerable and that was on an open bench... when I put them down to 800 RPM all I could hear was the stock intel cpu fan sitting behind it, will have to wait till I put everything together before I know if they will be ok for cooling the rad effectivley but they do look nice, and they fit with the colour scheme and overall concept of my build.

coming along nicely mate. Im eagerly waiting on my coldzero parts to arrive so I can put my rig back together. currently running a real ghetto setup with just my mobo plate and stock cooling

That's exactly how mine is looking at the moment sitting on my workbench next to me. tho I have to say using the stock mobo tray is a step up from the cardboard box I was using initially

While I'm still gathering parts I've RMA'd one of my EVGA GTX 580's as it was doing some crazy stuff.. I can only assume it's a dry joint or something.. that's still on it's way to Taiwan.. also sent my headset to Astro for a missing screw to be replaced in the headband.

Oh this reminds me.. I have a few more pics...

I had the nickel / acetal EN blocks from EK but I decided with this being an iATX build I'd swap the tops from acetal to plexi.. I ordered the tops from EK and once they arrived and I broke my old rig down I discovered corrosion as a result of having had a silver coil in my loop... I RMA'd the original blocks with EK, no problems whatsoever they then shipped the blocks to CL within a week of accepting my claim and I just did the swapsie on my way home from work last week.

here are the replacement blocks with the plexi tops fitted ready to go back onto my cards.

I've ordered some custom parts from Coldzero myself but waiting for it to come into "stock" sent an email a week ago seeing if I needed to pay in advance for him to get started or something but had no response thus far so I can only assume he's really busy. I also pointed out a few errors I noticed with his website ordering system after the upgrade and he appears to have resolved those.Edited by Ardalista - 3/27/13 at 7:28pm

Damn good rad, the RX480. What rad stand is that? It looks very well-made, and will help to keep the bling going with those red led fans!

Yeah a lot of people had recommended it, but I did briefly consider the UT60 as well, in the end the RX480 was available first so went with it.

The stand is from Pulse Modding, I sourced it from Chilled PC which is linked on the first post, you'll find it under rad accessories from memory.

Yeah I like the fans, I forced them to run @ 1550 RPM and while they were audible it was tolerable and that was on an open bench... when I put them down to 800 RPM all I could hear was the stock intel cpu fan sitting behind it, will have to wait till I put everything together before I know if they will be ok for cooling the rad effectivley but they do look nice, and they fit with the colour scheme and overall concept of my build.

You should have good results with the RX's low fpi at a good quiet fan speed.
I just went with XSPC rad stands for now, but the Pulse stand is really nice. When I started the spending spree on the case several months ago, I bought parts from Chilled, MDPC-X, ColdZero, and several vendors in the US and Canada. The shipping and duty costs make me cringe, but that's the way it is. I'm still sizing up putting a 240 rad into the front bay, (I have an RX240) to supplement my 480. I have to work out fitting the rad brackets around the CZ side plate mountings, then drill out some appropriate holes in the bays.
A few test fitting shots, ignore the paper backing still left on the XSPC rad gasket:
By the way, those blocks for your 580's look great. It would sure look good through a top window!Edited by DerComissar - 4/4/13 at 1:18pm

You should have good results with the RX's low fpi at a good quiet fan speed.

Yeah I think it's great for the small test I've given it so far... in my last build I had an rs radiator and 1650 rpm fans and that was way noisier.

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I just went with XSPC rad stands for now, but the Pulse stand is really nice. When I started the spending spree on the case several months ago, I bought parts from Chilled, MDPC-X, ColdZero, and several vendors in the US and Canada. The shipping and duty costs make me cringe, but that's the way it is. I'm still sizing up putting a 240 rad into the front bay, (I have an RX240) to supplement my 480. I have to work out fitting the rad brackets around the CZ side plate mountings, then drill out some appropriate holes in the bays.

If you are not careful the spending can get away on you at times How does your country calculate duty? here in NZ we only pay duty if the entire shipment incl the cost of shipping is $400.00 or greater. (and then they will only charge it if they have a minimum charge of $50.,00, otherwise they just waive the fees) So what we do is make multiple orders.. and if you are lucky.. go in with a group buy from certain places with local people to split the cost of the shipping.

I have found it's cheaper if I buy stuff from the UK compared to even Australia or USA oince you factor in the cost of buying a like item and add the shipping.

Looking great so far, can't wait to see what else you have lined up for this rig.. it's all be quite hush hush thus far

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I see what you did there.. it's the same thing I am going to be doing to my rig.. (chopping that notch out where the front panel normally goes...

I'm going to shoehorn a 280mm rad into that front panel area, have made the order, just waiting for it to come in, I'm also having a cusom front panel made specific to this rad and the extended opening

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ON this pic, are those the metal rear panels from Chilled PC? if so any issues fitting it to the coldzero MB tray? I was looking at them thinking I'd prefer metal there rather than the thick acrylic from coldzero.

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By the way, those blocks for your 580's look great. It would sure look good through a top window!

I agree, I got the idea to change the tops from the acetal after seeing the builds on MDPC, it's also the reason I opted to go with nickel plating again rather than switch over to plain copper.Edited by Ardalista - 3/27/13 at 9:47pm